HOM-C evolution in Drosophila: is there a need for Hox gene clustering?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Negre, Bárbara ^a,b   Ruiz, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPOD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENUS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; METAZOA;

EID: 33846526141     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.12.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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